Australia should target Myanmar ‘gang leader’ for sanctions, UN expert says

Exclusive: special rapporteur Tom Andrews says crimes against humanity are happening before our very eyes' and calls for urgent action against military junta

A top United Nations expert is in direct talks with the Australian government about how to expand sanctions against Myanmar's military regime, and warned that crimes against humanity are being committed before our very eyes".

Tom Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, told Guardian Australia the government should target the commander-in-chief, whom he described as the gang leader" responsible for mass atrocities, and should link additional sanctions with those imposed by other countries.